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Michael Jackson's last show rehearsal - Source: Kevin Mazur/AEG/Getty Images via image.net -
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- Jackson and his four older brothers - Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon - first performed together at a talent show in their hometown of Gary, Indiana, when Michael was 6. They walked off with first prize.
- After signing with Motown Records in 1968, the Jackson 5 topped the US pop charts with their first five singles, including ABC and I'll Be There.
- Jackson released his first solo single "Got To Be There," the title track from his debut album, in 1971.
- Thriller (1982) is the biggest-selling album of all time with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide. It yielded seven Top 10 singles, including Billie Jean, Beat It, The Girl is Mine and Thriller.
- Jackson debuted his signature dance move - the moonwalk - on a 1983 Motown anniversary TV special.
- Jackson bought most of the Beatles' copyrights for $47.5 million in 1985.
- He co-wrote with Lionel Richie the 1985 supergroup charity single We are the World, which helped raise more than $60 million for famine relief in Africa.
- Jackson died three weeks before he was to begin a sold-out series of 50 comeback concerts in London.
- Jackson won 13 Grammy Awards, was twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his lifetime record sales tally is believed to be about 750 million.
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Post new commentmotukowhai said on 2009-07-08 @ 22:20 NZDT: Report abusive post
"If we looked at mortality as the whole of existence, then the pain, sorrow, failure and short life would be a calamity; but if we look upon life as an eternal thing stretching far into the premortal past and on into the eternal post-death future, then all happenings may be put in proper perspective." Quote by President Spencer W. Kimball. Take your rest now Michael and do so in peace.
Vaai said on 2009-07-08 @ 14:01 NZDT: Report abusive post
REST IN PEACE KING OF THE POP WE LOVE YOU
jaxlino said on 2009-07-08 @ 12:31 NZDT: Report abusive post
the media killed the princess and they did the same thing with Michael, do they have any respect? now Michael can rest and just watch upon his children ..i saw Miss Rowe being pressured by the media and gosh thats how much in your face they are!! they darn right wanna know your business..I know it's their job but they don't need to ruin peoples lives.. michael i have three words for you.. "GO GET EM"
jaxlino said on 2009-07-08 @ 12:22 NZDT: Report abusive post
RIP my friend, and hope you haunt the media stalkers.. they ***** with your life now it's your turn for revenge..sad to say I honestly and personally think he topped himself because of the media on his tail constantly and they let the whole world know his business, we loved his music, his children and his family not his personal indepth life, he was tired and couldn't fight no more, he had a huge debt that no-one gave a toss about, and now hes gone, all the media is like poor michael... whatever!
boyracer said on 2009-07-08 @ 11:00 NZDT: Report abusive post
Some people will always look at the negative side of things! Thats just the way they are. MJ was a VERY talented individual (Not just a singer and dancer), His message is in his songs (which comes from the heart). I was watching the memorial service this morning and thinking to myself how many people he touched on positively and what he means to them. His music will no doubt live on, and people will know in 20+ years who sang his songs!